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Sole survivor of Air India crash has an unimaginable story — however he isn’t distinctive

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Sole survivor of Air India crash has an unimaginable story — however he isn’t distinctive

A miracle. Stunning. Unbelievable.  These are some of the reactions online and in headlines around the world about Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash that killed 241 people on board and several more on the ground after the plane crashed minutes after takeoff.  The Dreamliner struck a medical college hostel when it crashed … Read more

The forgotten story of India’s brush with presidential rule

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The forgotten story of India’s brush with presidential rule

Sondeep Shankar/Getty Images Indira Gandhi addressing a press conference in Delhi in 1983 During the mid-1970s, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s imposition of the Emergency, India entered a period where civil liberties were suspended and much of the political opposition was jailed. Behind this authoritarian curtain, her Congress party government quietly began reimagining the country … Read more